When he’s not working on More Than A Feeling, Saleem is also the host of an excellent and totally transporting show called Far Flung from the TED Audio Collective.  Far Flung is a journey across the globe in search of the world's most surprising and imaginative ideas. It's not a travel show, exactly. It's a deep dive into the ideas that shape a particular spot on the map, brought to you by local journalists and creators. Weave through the streets of Bangkok with a motorcycle midwife. Time-travel with dinosaurs behind a hardware store in New Jersey. Meet a guy who dresses up as a luchador to protect citizens from traffic in Mexico City. Drop in, listen up, dig deep. This episode we’re sharing with you is from the latest season of Far Flung. It's called  “The Poetry of Nepal’s Bridges”:  To get to school, work, or another town in Nepal, it helps if you don’t have a fear of heights. That’s because this mountainous terrain (it’s home to Mount Everest after all) is connected via THOUSANDS of bridges. Whether permanent or seasonal, made of bamboo and rope or pulleys and wire, suspended above incredible mountains or rapid waters, the Nepalese have networked their country through amazing, unique, and exhilarating engineering. Find out how building and re-building bridges became a part of the nation’s culture, and how trusting that a treacherous trip is worth the risk shapes the way the Nepalese perceive connection, community, and what in life we ought to hold onto. Find Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala wherever you listen to podcasts. *More Than A Feeling Listener Survey!* A new season of More Than A Feeling is on its way. Help us make the best show we can for you by taking our short listener survey at bit.ly/morethanafeelingsurvey. Follow More Than A Feeling on Twitter at @podfeelings, and tell us your questions and stories about the emotions you’re grappling with by sending a voice memo to: [email protected]. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.